1987-present soldano slo-100

Mike Zaite explains how a background in electronics and a front-row seat to the British Invasion of the 1960s led to the formation of Dr Z Amplification – and why the sonics always lead the schematics

French loadbox leader, Two Notes, releases the Swiss Army knife of amplifier attenuation and connectivity – we witness the results

Fender’s Custom Shop had a precarious start in the mid-1980s, but the story of its formative years is full of big ideas, some bizarre instruments, and a queue of famous guitarists

The ever-active session legend on his love for cheap guitars, Roland gear, and modding his pickups

If guitars are actually getting better by the day, us modders will have nothing to improve. Is it the end of the line, wonders Dave Burrluck, when he gets a new guitar on the bench

All three Specials have very similar circuits